Honorary “Bene Merito” distinction for Dr. Zbigniew E. Szafrański

Dr. Zbigniew E. Szafrański, director of the mission, has been awarded by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna with the honorary “Bene Merito” for his role in promoting Poland and Polish Mediterranean archaeology abroad. Polish Ambasador in Cairo Michał Murkociński decorated Dr. Szafrański during a ceremony held on 19 October 2015 at the seat of the Research Center in Cairo, which was attended by firends and associates from the international archaeological community in Egypt.

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